For graphophones



Sept. 4, 1923. 1,466,655

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' F. F. AKERLY AUTOMATIC STARTING AND ST OPPINGDEVICE FOR GRAPHOPHONES I Filed April 26, 1918 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Sept. 4, 1923.

DELAWARE.

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FRANK r. AKERLY, or cnreac'o, ILLINQIS, assrenon "r0 COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE MANUFACTURING co r NY, er Bn-rncnroar, connnorrcur, A CORPORATION or AU-TGIlVIATIC STARTING'AND STOPPING DEVICE FOR GRAPHOPHONES.

Appl i n es A il 6, 1 er a n 2 7.

To @Zlwhom it may concern;

Be ithnown that I, FRANK. l Alqcnnr, a

citizen or" the United States, residing at Chis.

cago,-county of (look, and State of Illinois, a in en ed a c rt-em an 5 1 11 improvement in Automatic being had to the acco;npanying drawings,

which form a part'oi" this spe cation.

11y invention has for one oi its objects to produce a simple and etlicient attachment for a graphophone by means of which the graphophone will automatically be set in op era n when th r p lucer 1 711 s. mo ed to engage the needle with the beginning of a record.

A urth ject at my in ention s pro duce a simple and novel attachmentfor graphophones by means of which they may e. a toma ally arted ncl-( a to begi the playing of a. record and thereafter be automatically stopped when the end of the rec.- r a be n reached- A; u the o je t if my invent i to Pr du e an automa c tar g a d st pp n device for grapho-phones which performs its functions without requiring the operator to make any adjustment or manipulation of the parts of a graphophone except the I mere moving of the reproducer arm.

hiy invention has for another of its objects to produce a simple and eflicient auto? matic starting and stopping device for a graphophone which may be placed on a graphophone without requiring any change in the adjustments or removal or alteration of the parts of the latter.

T he principle of my invention is the same as that set forth in Patent No, 1,226,?49 dated lVIay 22, 1917, anchviewed in one of its aspects, my invention may be said to have for its object to 'sirnpl i.{yand improve and to'rendermore reliable and accurate and also to make more automatic the stopping mechanism disclosed in the aforesaid patent.

The, various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my inventionand of its objects and ads an- S e tms nd Stopping Devices for Graphophones, and' tages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of so much of a graphophone, (meaning by graphophone any machine adapted to reproduce sound through the passage of a needle over a record) as is necessary toshow the application of my improvedstartinq and stopping device, the latter being shown in full lines with the parts in the positions they assume at the moment that the machine is automatically stopped at the end of 'a record, and showing in dotted lines the positions which the parts assume during the automatic re setting process and prior to the starting of the machine;

1 9,. 2 is a view similar telig. 1, showing the parts in the positions which they occupy when the machine is ready to be started by the act of placing the needle into the groove the beginning of the record, these positlons be ng onlysl ghtly diiferent from those indicated in dotted lines in Fig, 1;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 2, showing n full lines the positions of the parts at the moment the machine is set in operation and showing in dotted lines the positions which the parts assume just before they assume the positions shown in fulllines in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section on an enlarged scale taken approximately on line Hot 2;

Fig. 5 is a section on an enlarged scale taken approximately on line 5 5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is atop plan view on an enlarged scale or" a part of the main" actuating and trip lever; 7

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 showing the parts" in a different position;

8 is a section taken approximately on ine 88 ofr Fig. 6; and

F 1g. 91s a sect on taken approximately on line. 99 of Fig. 7.

Reference being had to the drawings, 1 I

represents a revoluble vertical shaft adapted to carry on its upper end a disc-like table,.2, shown in dotted lines only, for supporting a record disc, 3 is the vertical portion of the reproducer arm, at the supported end of the latter; the member; 3 being; revoluble' about its own vertical axis. The parts: 1, 2 and v3,

together with the supporting casino", 4. may take any usua or preferred forms, {all ofthe parts of my invention, including the brake or other controller for the record-supporting table, may conveniently combined in asingle unit which may be attached as such: there being in addition what may be termed a differential actuator comprising two parts one 01. which is attached to the driving shaft of the machine while the other is attached and moves with the reproduccr arm. In the arrangement shown, one of the actuating members is in the form or a n eccentric, 5, attachedtc the main shatt of, the machine just above th casing while the other actuating member is in the form of a linger, 6, adapted to be secured to the 'epi'oducer arm radially to the axis about which the latter swings, lying just above the casi of the machine. and being preferably made adjustable in the lengthwise direction so as to permit compensation to be made tor ditlerences in the distance between the a 18 of the shaft and the axis about which the -eproducer arm swings in different types an sizes of machines.

Theparts of the stop mechanism, aside from the actuator, are illustrated mounted on a round plate or disc, 8, which may be attached on top of the casing of the machine beneath the rotatabl table; the member 8 forming the bottom of a suitable fiat protective or enclosing housing. Fln the arrangement shown. the thing that stops the machine is a brake comprising a shoe, 9, on the end of a lever, 10, pivotally supported upon the plate 8 at 11. The'lever 10 has in effect three arms one of which carries the brake shoe, another 01"- which. as indicated at 12, underlies a locking lever, 13, while the other, as indicated at 14:, overlies a bar, 15, mounted on the plate 8 so as to have limited oscillatory and reciprocatory movements in a plane parallel with the plate, The arm, 14, of the brake lever has a finger, 16, which projects downwardly into a slot, 17, in the member 15. The member 15 eX- tends almost entirely across the supporting plate 8 and one end projects beyond the same and into-proximity to the path of movement of the free end of tie actuator member 6. The member 15 is secured in place by means of screws or pins. 18 and 19, which extend respectively through a slot. 20, elongated in the direction of the length or the member 15 and placed near the inner end of said member and through an enlarged hole, 21, which may conveniently be made circular and of a diameter considerably greater than the diameter of the shank of the pin member 19 so as to permit limited movements in all directions in the plane ot the supporting plate. A spring, 22, secured at one end to the supporting plate and at the other end to the bar 15 tends constantly to move the latter longitudinally and out-- wardly, thus tending to swing the brake leyer 10 in the clockwise direction as viewed in Figs. 1, 2 and 8 and press the brake shoe against the record-supporting table. -The locking member 13 for the brake consists of a lever pivotally supported between its ends, as indicated at 23, so as to permit the lever to swing in a vertical plane; the lever having on its under side an outwardly directed shoulder, 2a, in position to drop behind the inner edge or the arm 12 01"- the brake lever when the brake is fully oil and thus prevent the brake from being applied until the locking lever is operated. The locking lever may be continued far enough beyond the edge, of the supporting plate to permit it to carry a finger piece, 25, which will be within easy reach or" one wishing to stop the machine.

In the vicinity of the inner end of the bar 15 is a ratchet wheel, 26, which is adapted to be moved step by step by means or" a suitable spring-held pawl, 27, mounted on the supporting plate in position to engage with and be actuated by the eccentric 5 against the tension of its spring. The pawl moves back and forth during each revolution of the main shaft and therefore through each revolution of the record, and thus causes the ratchet wheel to be moved constantly in one direction step by step. Coaxial with and immediately above the ratchet wheel is a small pinion, 28, having connected therewith or forming part thereof a ratchet wheel, 29, smaller in diameter than the underlying ratchet wheel. A spring-pressed pawl, 26, carried by the ratchet wheel 26 and engaging with the teeth of the wheel 29, forms a driving connection which causes the pinion 28 to be moved ahead with the ratchet wheel 26 or, if occasion demands, to move ahead more rapidly than does the ratchet wheel 26 or else continuously-instead of by intermittent movement.

l l ith the pinion 28 there is adapted to mesh a segmental rack, 30,which, while a record is being played, is adapted to be moved forward in the same direction and at the same speed that the pinion 28 tends to move it; or, looking at it in another way, the pinion 28, driven in the manner heretofore described, drives the rack at the same speed and in the same direction that the actuating member 6, as will hereinafter be explained, tends to drive it. The rack is provided with a slot, 31, extending lengthwise otthe same, and a pin, 32, carried on the inner end of the bar 15 e1;- tends through this slot, serving as a support for one end of the rack, as a guide, and also as a means to move the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion as the bar 15 is shifted longitudinally. The rack is pivotally connected at one end, as indicated at 33, to the free end of an arm or finger, 34, hinged, as indicatfor pin-poses to be hereinafter explained, projects; somewhat above the top of theed at 35, on one end' of a; lever, 36, whichl is pivotally supported at its middle. on the supporting plate so as to swing in a plane parallel withand just abovethe support+ ingplate; the pivotal axis of thelever being represented by the pm, 3!, which,

lever. At the othereml of the lever 36 is a "two-prong fork having on the side tot prong, 38, and on ward the bar 15 a shor the opposite side aqlonger prong, 39. Av

to permit the pin to enter the hole when brought into registration therewith. For

the purpose of convenience in manufacture the leaf spring may be continued out over the arm 34:SO that the-two pivotal connec tions 33 and will serve also the purpose of seeming the leaf spring in place; A cam stop, it, is arranged on the supporting plate in position to be engaged by the leaf spring; when the lever 36 is moved in the clockwise direction to one of its limits. This cam stop, as est shown in Figs. 8 and 9, is soshaped that it arrests the progress of the leaf spring and at the same time raises its; free end. the path ofmovement of the lever 36 a stop, 45, which does not engzge with the, lever so as to arrest its movement until the lever has moved through a slight angle after the leaf spring has been arrested by the cam-stop and been raised thereby. The height through which thefrce end of the leaf spring 4252 is raised, is sufficient to carry it above the top of the pin 37 so that the slight relative angular movement be tween the spring and the lever brings the hole 43 inthe leaf spring out of registration with the pin 37 and, when the lever is again swung in the counterclockwise direction, the free end the leaf spring will be heldraised by reason of-the fact that it rests upon the top of the pin The bra locking lever, 18, has its inner end, ,i-(l, pioioctingpast the pin 37 between the top of the lever 36 and the under side of the leaf spring. 'The parts so proportioned that when theleaf spring slnfticslly applied, It

ed upon the supporting lever until the hole therein comes into registration with the pin 3?, tl e free end of thespring drops down upon the inner end of the brake looking *lever, throwing up the outer end of the latter. and

it lat releasing the brake -lever the brake I Will be I automatfi'lll be that the There is in brake is applied tlirou fh the actienof the spring 22 which is under tension. and

whenever the brak lever is unlocked, draws the bar 15 outwardly. This movement of the bar 15 not only swings the brake leverinto a braking pos1t1on,,but also draws the rack 30 away Irom the pinion 28.

The attachment is secured to the casing of the machine in such a o'osition that the free 7 end of the actuator 6 enters the fork in the" outer end of the lever 36 and swings this lever inthe countercloolnvise direction while :the record is being played; the segmental rack being preferably of a greater angular length than the maximum angle through which the actuating lei-*e'rtherefor will be turned while a record of the largest size is being played. The parts are so proportioned that when the bar 15 is pushed inwardly far enough to permit the'brahe-locle ing lever to drop into locking position, the segmental rack will be carried into contact with the pinion 28. In Fig.3the parts are shown in full lines just after the brake has been thrown off and the segmental racli brought into position to mesh with the driving pinion. As the reproducer arm. swings around, carrying the needle toward the center of the record, the parts approach the positions indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Assuming just as the parts approach the positions shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3

the needle reaches the last groove in the record and therefore cannot travel farther toward the center. It will be seen that the swinging movement of the reproducer arm and therefore the swinging movement "of the lever 36 are both arrested... However, the recordcontinues to revolve and the eccentrio on the main shaft, acting through the pawl '27 continues to drive the pinion-28 and through it the se ental rack. The rack ani is permitted to move independently of the lever 86 because of being mounted on the swinging arm carried by the lever Durin such continued independent movement of the rack the leaf spring, 42, is shifted until finally the hole therein comes into registray tion with the pin 37, allowing the "free end of the leaf spring to drop down and trip the locking lever forthe brake. As soon as this occurs the brake is applied and simultaneously "the rack is drawn away from the driving pinion so that the rack may be returned freely to the starting point, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 1, when the re producer arm is swung heel-rte carry the needle off the edge of the record, As the reproduce-r arm swings outwardly, the actuator 6 leaves the fork in the end of the lever 36, the short prong, 38, permitting this, and thereafter it moves past the outer end of the bar 15 which is so positioned and which is preferably provided with a beveled corner, as indicated at 50, so that the bar yields as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 to permit the actuator 6 to pass beyond "h same to the position indicated in full line in 2 "Then the parts reach the positi ns sho vn in Fig. 2, the lost spring has been set so that when the brake love win g aroui d into its release i is notziing to prevent the ra opiing dowi into loclz'ng' posit oJ- Q'lliliiill rack is still on 1 ot en i ent with tl actuating 1e 'rachine is to be. started,

pinion. when t i e P swung so as to bring c 1 no oeg'inning oi the record bar 15 this movenient the pushed inwarcl enough to swing the biuhe position and 1 the pinion. shoulder on hind the arm 12 on re loclrs the rid the bar in tains the rack in with The conditions Fig. 8, everytni brake whenever i e s V or the reproducer arn after the actuator 6 lasongaged the fork in the end of the lever 36, cease-i while the me. i '1 i i hi 1 actuator t mental ra mhene innermost groov 1 tude may be al 4 Y1 1 at. wnicn we must begin.

" nism stop the machine who i t is "cached it malres no differed it has been r" so to C it not neces. y that the soa in mo. t

p s its movement/ the rtuator element on d by ti 6 d i 't is no E: i t e be dr. n the other actuating element. I have ther tore cut away tie teeth of the racir at trio 'iiee end, indi d at 60 so that the teeth-oi the rack do not mes 1 with the pinion who; the mechanism has been set as shown in full lines in F nd therefore the pinion is driven without acting the k while the first part 01 the record is being played. When the actuator S engages the fork the segment begins to move and iscarried forward by the lever until the teeth mesh with the eeth on the pini n. It is desirable that thesegment be permitted to yield a little at the instant it i attempted to mesh its teeth with i ose-of the pinion because'tne in or: .ct registration. I therefore widen the V s n" chat ll the vicinity of the mutila= iortion at the advance end of the racln as indicated at 61, so as to permit the rack while tne pin 3:2 lies in the widened move from the pinion. A. light spring, 62, placed between the rack e bar 15 tends to press the segment vieldinglv toward the pinion so that any l movement of the segment at the e it s brougnt into with the pinion is against the tension of this spring.

t seen that rile, as heretofore explained, the operation will be satii 'actorv ii 1 118116115! ncy is for the pinion to be driven at exactly the same speed by both setuators it would be very d1" ult to maize c-curately and keep them in epair that there would not point or other during the record such a differential ache the brak to be applied un- Furthermore, records of difive different spacings between nters of the grooves or spirals. Thus,

cord of one kind may have in the '"borhood of one hundred grooves or 11. is to the inch while another record may almo t two hundred grooves or spirals o the inch. 'lheret'ore, in order to make the attachment of universal application, it is ieeessary that the speed at which the segis driven from the reprodue r arm record having-a maximum number *oovcs or spirals to the inch is being riowver, because of the other conditions, that s, the necessity "for fine adjustment and perect repair, it the segment is moved ahead 1 the reproducer arm at only the exact eed at vhich the pinion tends to drive it parts are preferably so proportioned the segment is vays moved aheat aster than it can be diven by means of pinion so that the pinion will be carried cad by the segment a little faster than ictuating pawl tends to (rive it.

\hile I have illust ated and described with particularity only a sing e preferred form 01" my invention, 1 do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within the terms employed in the definiti-ons of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a controlling mechanism for a graphophone, the combination wlth a travi ceth may not at that instant be ing bar connected to said controller, a spring bar in direct-ion, a part I ing said hr lever, segmental rack :mounted at one en cling arm and a member movable relatively thereto, ()ffllWO-QOSRUOD controller, a slidfor novii mounted on said traveling arm in position to engagewith said bar and mm 'e it against the tension of the spring when the traveling .arin is broiwht into position to placethe needleona cord, :1 l ck device r holdin the position into which it is moved by the traveling arm, a leveradapted to be moved by the-traveling arm as the latter is swung toward the center of the rec- Ord,/a.nd mechanism controlled :by said mem-.

ber movable relatively \tofthe traveling arm and including a :part interconnected between said bar and said lever for tripping said lock device andpermrtt-ing the spring to imove'thc bar.

QJEII .a controlling mechanism 'for. a.

graphop'l1one,'tl1e combination with a travelingarm and a member movable relatively thereto, of a two-position controller for the rigraphophone, a slidah'le bar connected to said controller, a' spring for moving said bar in one direction to carry the controller into one of its positions, a "look devlce fora holding he bar and the controller with the control or in said one position, a swingin on onezend (of lthB lever in such a manner as to have a limited bodily movement relatively to the lever. ;a sliding connection between the free end otthe segment and the inner end of said bar, a pinion adapted to mesh with said segmentwhen the bar is in the position in-which it is held by said lock device, 7

means associated with said segment zfor releasing said :look device when the segment is moved bodily relatively to said lever, means actuated by said member movable relatively to said arm for turningsaid pinion in the same directi'onthat the segment tends to turn the latter, and a part movable with said traveling arm constructed 7 and arranged to engage with said bar and move it into the position in whiolrai't is lockedby said lock device when t'he arm is shifted to place a needle 'on a record -and to engage with said lever and 1 cause the :latter to I swing during at least a portion of the movement of.

the traveling arm in opposite directions 3. In a controlling mechanism for a .gra'phophone, the comblnatlon with a traveling arm am :a member movable relatively thereto. controlling mechanism including a controller for lt-he aforesaid member and a part adapted to be drlven by said member,

:a movably supported :bar connected :tosaid controller and 'to said part, and an element carried by said traveling .arm' 'and adapted to :move' said bar iILJOIIG dIIBCtIOn when sald armis imoved outwardly-to predetermined POHIlS and to :move :sa1d .:bar :in .-a direction transverse ate the aioresaid direction when it "s i y a short distance from said predeterminec l point. I

r; In a controlling mechanism for a gra}, iophone, the combination with a traveling arm and a member movable relatively" thereto, controlling mechanism including a controller lor the aforesa d membera-nda part adapted to be driven byrsaidmember,

a no ably supported bar connected to said controller and to said part, andan element carried by said traveling and adapted :to move said in one-direction when said arm is moved outwardly to a predetermnied point and to move said bar in a, direction transverse to the aforesaid direction when the arm is moved inwardly a short distance from said predeterminedpoint, a lever connected to the aforesaid part, said lever haying a shoulder projecting into the path of said element so to be engaged thereby when said arm is-moved inwardly still fan ther. l

5. In a controlling mechanism iior a graphophone, the combination with a traveling arm' and. a member movable relatively thereto, controlling mechanism for the graphophone lncludinga controller for sai member and a segment adapted to be driven by said member, a bar connected to said controller and to said segment and adapted-to move each from an idle position into a WO1k irng position, said bar'having a slidingmovement and an oscillatory movement, and an element movable with said traveling arm adapted to produce .a sliding movement '01 said bar vhen the arm is moved zto axpredetel-mined point in one direction and an oscillatory movement of the bar when the arm is moved to a predetermined point from the opposite direction. 7

6. In combination, a brake .for a phonexrra 3h seind'le means under the control of k 7 element, and means adapted to :maintain the members in given relation during ,the

travel of the 'travelin element andada ated to permit, upon the stoppingo f the travelmg i'elementf relative movement of "one of the nnembers from such given relation to actuate "the stop device. I

8; inn controlling mechanismbfithe character described, thecombina3tion of a traveling element, a rotating element,'=a stop device (actuat on means therefor com risin a 9 O pairof members adapted'to be "moved in-=a given relation by the traveling element and tie rotating element, and means for mainapertured and the otherhaving a taining the members in a given spaced relation to each other during the travel of the traveling element, and adapted permit, upon the stopping of the traveling element, relative movement of one of said members from such spaced relation to actuate the stop device.

In a controlling mechanism of the character described, the combination of a traveling element, a rotating element, a stop deviceQand actuating means therefor c0mpr1s ing a pair of members adapted to be moved by the traveling element and the rotating element, respectively. one of the members being pin adapted to maintain said members in a given spaced relation during the travel of the travelingelement, and adapted to permit, upon the stopping of the traveling element, the first member to move with its aperture into register with the pin, thereby allowing relative movement of one of the members toward the other to actuate the stop device.

.10. In a controlling mechanism of the character described, the combination 01" a traveling element, a rotating element, a stop device, actuating means therefor comprising a pair of members adapted to be moved by the traveling element and the rotating element, respectively, one of the members being apert-ured and the other of the men hers having a, pin adapted to maintain the members in a given spaced relation during the travel of the traveling element, and adapted, upon stopping of the traveling element, to register with the aperture to permit relative movement of one of the members toward the other, and a. member disposed between the first-named members and adapted as an incident to such relative movement to cause the stop device to become effective. i V

11. In a controlling mechanism of the -haracter described, the combinationr ot a traveling element, a rotating element, a stop novice, actuating means therefor comprising tain the stop device in inoperative position, 7

and adapted, upon such relative movement between the first-named members, to pivot ally move the last-named member to release the stop device.

12.111 a controlling mechanism of the character described, a traveling element, a rotating element, a stop device, a member adapted to be moved by the traveling element during its travel, another member, and

mentduring its travel, another member, and

gearing for moving the last-named member in a given relation to the first-named member through movement of the rotating element, said gearing including a segmental rack and a pinion driven by the rotating element adapted to cause said rack to move the last-named member, the rack 7 being .dapted to come into mesh With said pinion itera predetermined initial period oi"? rota non of said rotating element.

14. In a controlling mechanism' of the character described, a traveling element, a rotating eiement, a stop device, a member adapted to be moved by the traveling element during its traveh'another member, and gearing for moving the last-named member in a given relation to the first-named member th 'ough movement of the rotating element, said gearing including a segmental rack and a pinion driven by the rotating'element adapted to cause said rack to move the last-named member, the rack being adapted to come into mesh with said pinion after a predetermined initial period of travel of said traveling element.

15. In a controlling mechanism of the character described, a travelin element, a rotating element, a stop device, a member adapted to be moved by the traveling element during its travel, another 7 member, gearing for moving the last-nam d member ina given relation to the first-named member through movement of the rotating element, said gearing including a segmental rack and a. pinion driven by the rotating element adapted to cause said rack to move the last-named member, and means adapted to cause the movement of the rack to pin ion-engaging position as an incident'to the moven'ient of the traveling element to starting position. I

16. In a controlling mechanism of the character described, a traveling element, a rotating element, a stop device, a member adapted'to be moved bv the traveling element during its travel, another member, gearing for moving the last-named member in a given relation to the first-named inemher through movement of the rota-ting'element, said gearing including a segmental rack and a pinioird-riven by the rotating element adapted to cause saidraclrto move the last-named member, means adapted to cause the movement of the rack to piniom engaging'position as an incident to the movement of the'traveling element to startmg position, and means for maintaining the rack out of engagement wlth the pinion during an initial movement of the traveling element from startingv position. V 17. In a controlling mechanism of the character described, a traveling element, a

rotating element, a stop device, a member adapted to be moved by thetraveling element during its travel, another member, gearing for moving'the' second-named member in a given relation to'the first-named member through movement of the rotating element, said gearing including a segmental rack and a pinion driven by the rotating element adapted to engage the rack, and a member for moving the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion, the last-named member being adapted to be engaged by the ment during its travel, another member,

gearing for moving the second-named member in a given relation to said first-named member through movement of the rotating element, said gearingincluding a rack connected to the second-named member and a pinion driven by the rotating member adapted to be engaged by said rack, and member to disengage the rack from the pinion and adapted to be engaged by the traveling element upon its advancing 'movement to starting position to cause the rack to be moved to pinion'engaging position after a predetermined initial travel of the traveling element.

19. Ina controlling mechanism of the character described, the"combination f a traveling element, a rotating element, a stop device, actuating means for the stop device, including a member adapted to be moved by the traveling element and a member adapted to be moved bythe rotating element in a given relation, during the travel of the traveling element, and adapted to move relative thereto upon a stopping of 'the traveling element to actuate csaid stop device, andmeans for preventing actuation of the stop device during an initial period, said. means being adapted to be operated by the traveling element upon its movement tostarting position to move the stop device to inoperative position,

20. In combination, a rotating element,

"stop means there-for, means under the Con trol of the rotating element for applying said stop means, and means controlled by the application of the stop means'for taking said stopapplying means out of the con- 1" ol olf the rotating element.

=21. In combination, a rotating element,

*stop means therefor, means'under the conof travel of the traveling element, through non-cooperation between the traveling element and stop means, and means for rendering the traveling element and the stop means operatively related at the end of the initialperiod. l t l 23. In combination, a rotating record-supporting element, a traveling element, and stop means adapted to be cooperatively related to said traveling element at a point intermediate the beginning and end of the record, and adapted to be actuated through cessation of the travel of the traveling ele ment to stop the rotating element.

24. In combination, a traveling element, a rotating element, stop means for the rotating element, and actuating means for the stop means connected thereto only after a predetermined initial movement of the traveling element. j

a rotating element, stop means for the rotating element, and actuating means for the stop means adapted to be operatively connected to the rotating element and to be disconnected therefrom on movement of the traveling element toward its outer position.

27. In combination, a rotating element, a traveling element, stop means for the rotating element, and actuating means for the stop means adapted to be operatively connected to the rotating element and to be disconnected therefrom incidental to movement of the traveling element to an inner position. i

28. In combination, a rotating element, a

connectee therefrom upon actuation of the stop means. V

29. In combination, a rotating element, a traveling element, stop means for the rot-ating element release ieans for the stop means, and eetusting meens for the release means adapted to be operatively connected to the rotating element and to be disconnested therefrom by movement of the traveling element toward its inner and outer positions.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specifics tion.

FRANK F. AKERLY, 

